At the end of the Chen Dynasty, Wang Song, the head of the Sacrifice Department of the Ministry of Rites, left Yanzhou Guanyi and arrived in front of Prince Lu's Mansion. Zhao Sixian, the Prime Minister of Taichang Temple, came over quickly to ask him.
"Master Wang, the general of the Lu Mansion, His Highness Zhu Xiao, is also going to the Confucius Mansion. Did the Chief of the Lu Mansion tell you in advance?"
Wang Song actually saw that there were ceremonial guards of the vassal in the starting team, and he was a little puzzled.
But he was actually more wary of his colleague Zhao Sixian.
Although they all came from the capital and were all disciples of Donglin, Wang Song, who had served in the Ministry of Rites for many years, had a keen sense of politics and had already seen that Zhao Nanxing, the minister of Taichang Temple, was likely to be appointed as the Minister of Rites.
So, if Zhao Sicheng, who is said to be a close confidant of Zhao Nanxing, follows him to the Ministry of Rites, won't he become a competitor for his promotion to Langguan?
This time, I accompanied the emperor's eldest son to the Taishan Dai Temple to offer sacrifices. Someone from the Ministry of Rites was responsible for the ceremony, and someone from Taichang Temple was responsible for the elegant music in the ceremony.
Wang Song always suspected that Zhao Sixian would collect his mistakes and tell Zhao Nanxing "casually" when he returned home. Instead, he would focus on Zheng Haizhu's mission of making friends with the Qi Party in Lu, and quietly put it second.
Compared with the smoothness of his official career, whether Zheng's ability to make distant friends and attack closely will endanger Donglin's status in the imperial court is not that important.
At this moment, hearing Zhao Sixian mention Zhang Yaofang, the governor of the Lu government, and Zhang Yaofang was originally from Shaoxing, and was said to have a good personal relationship with Zhejiang Party Shang Zhou Zuo, Wang Song hurriedly made a clear look and said: "Zhao Sicheng, contact the vassal
Regarding the accommodation of the eldest son of the emperor, Cao Huachun has come forward. If Chang Shi wants to report the arrangement of the Lu Mansion, he should also tell Cao Huachun. How do I know?"
Zhao Sixian turned around and glanced at the honor guard of the Lu Mansion, and murmured: "I heard that the Lu Mansion and the Confucius Mansion have a long history of marriage, so it doesn't seem strange that the general of the Zhenguo would lead the way for the prince, right?"
Wang Song became more and more suspicious that Zhao Sixian was lying, and said calmly: "Zhao Sicheng, as an official, you have to perform your duties. The most important thing is that we make the ceremony and music according to the laws of our ancestors."
Zhao Sixian agreed nonchalantly and said no more.
Zhao Sixian's suspicions are not groundless.
Because he arrived early today, Zhao Sixian clearly saw that among the honor guards of the Lu Mansion, there was a man of about 30 years old, wearing a black turban. The golden cicada on his hat shone particularly conspicuously in the sunlight. There was another entourage beside him who unfolded a
The red patch on the breastless robe is not the animal patches common on civil and military official robes, but a gorgeous spread of sunflowers.
Zhao Sixian, a civil servant of Taichang Temple, was most familiar with the details of various orthodox ceremonial music of this dynasty. He recognized at a glance that the man's crown was the dress worn by the music and dance officials during the sacrifice to Confucius.
The eldest son of the emperor was just passing through Qufu to socialize with the Kong family for two days on behalf of the Tian family. Why did the Lu palace bring Yue Wusheng with him?
However, when Zhao Sixian saw Wang Song, the person in charge of the Ministry of Rites, he acted as if it had nothing to do with him, and gave him a few words of caution, so he was too lazy to worry about this strange thing.
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Qufu is only fifty miles away from Yanzhou. In the afternoon of that day, Zhu Youxiao drove in a mighty manner and approached Qufu County.
In the carriage, Zhu Youxiao asked Cao Huachun to open a little of the curtain. After looking at it for a moment, his face sank and he said quietly: "Cao Banban, is Qufu so rich? The city walls are built with such grandeur. Let's go ashore from Linqing.
Later, many of the city gates we saw along the way were in dilapidated condition. Master Zheng said that many of the fields here could not be taxed, so how could the public have the money to build the city?"
Cao Huachun squinted his crescent eyes and replied: "Master Zheng is right. If Shandong was not poor, how could Wenxiang Cult cause trouble? But Shandong is poor, and the Confucius Mansion is not poor. When he was the Great Patriarch, he was granted a title
The Yipinyan Shenggong now has more land than King Fu, and he doesn’t have to pay land taxes to the court. The annual income can be spent with closed eyes, and it can’t be spent all.”
Zhu Youxiao said coldly: "No wonder the city wall is built in such a grand manner."
"Hey, brother, this city wall was not built with money from the Confucius Mansion. The old slave heard from Master Zheng that this Qufu County was built when Lord Jiajing moved all the people in the old city to the Confucius Mansion and the Confucius Temple in order to respect Confucius.
, to build a new city, the money for relocation and city repairs were all allocated by the Ministry of Revenue. At that time, the Ministry of Revenue had no money left, so they could only divert the money originally intended for disaster relief in Hebei."
"What!" The ridicule on Zhu Youxiao's young face a moment ago turned into an angry look, and he blurted out, "The Kong family is building a fence for their own yard, why does it require our Zhu family to provide money! Cao Banban, this
Have any of the children of the Confucius family produced any literary, military or military strategies, or any famous ministers or generals who protected the country, the country, and the country?"
Cao Huachun and Zheng Haizhu had already agreed on their lines early in the morning, and they wanted to prick the silverfish descendants of Kong Laoer's family in front of the emperor's eldest son in a matter-of-fact way.
A capable minister who has become prime minister, even if he has no ability, but is somewhat loyal and honest, cannot be counted on. Duke Yan Sheng was given by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, but when the Jin soldiers came over, that term Duke Yan Sheng was
, carrying the memorial tablet of Saint Kong on his back, and taking his wife and children in his room, he ran faster than a rabbit and ran to Quzhou, Zhejiang Province in the south. The room he stayed in was his half-brother.
The younger brother of his mother also threw the principle of humiliating his ministers into death into the Yellow River, and the Jin people descended from Baber land. When the Jin people were happy, they named the remaining branch in the north as the new Yanshenggong. Hey, I didn't expect it.
Not long after, the Mongolian Tatars came again and killed the Jin people. Guess what, Duke Yan Shengggong quickly went to pay homage to Kublai Khan again, and even called him the great master of Confucianism."
The more Zhu Youxiao listened, the angrier he became. He leaned back on the carved red sandalwood chair in the car and said angrily: "What kind of people are these Duke Yansheng? Cao Banban, go talk to the Ministry of Rites and Master Zheng."
, I won’t go into Confucius’ mansion, let’s go directly to Mount Tai.”
Cao Huachun put down the car curtain and urged Dundun: "Brother, please don't have a childish temper. I think what I said, Master Zheng, makes sense."
"What did Master Zheng say?"
"Master Zheng said that she had heard in Yanzhou a few years ago that people in the Confucius family were not afraid to talk to the outside world. There were only three families in the world, the Confucian family in Qufu, the Zhang family in Jiangxi, and the Zhu family in the capital. The Confucian family is the descendant of the great Confucian scholar.
Top grade, the Zhang family is the descendant of Zhang Tianshi. They can communicate with gods and ghosts, which can be regarded as a great skill. The only Zhu family in the capital is the nouveau riche. When Master Zheng comes back to Lu, he wants to help Long live the Lord and his brother in front of the Confucius family.
Establish your authority and let them know that there is only one family in the world."
When Zhu Youxiao first heard about the arrangement of seats among the three families, he was about to get angry again. It was not until he heard the second half of what Cao Huachun said that he suddenly became quiet.
The young prince thought about Master Zheng's example of not being petty and only throwing heavy punches. He thought for a while and finally a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.